Tricia Perkins - Seattle Central College, Seattle, WA

Professor: Tricia Perkins

Department: Mathematics

College: Seattle Central College, Seattle, WA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH142
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She is a scholarly instructor in math, it is easy to learn and understand that she taught in the classes.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Perkins is fun to talk with, but awful to learn from. Condescending in her lectures. Motivates you to learn by humiliating you and attacking you personally. Grades very few things, so if you struggle on one test, you might not pass. No EC, does not respond well to questions, sometimes 8hrs of HW a night, and blamed us when 2/3 of us failed a test.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MAT151
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is an amazing teacher. Her lectures are engaging and clear. The homework load for this class is somewhat heavy, but she does her best to go over key points from the homework in class, so it is okay to miss a couple of homework assignments (it is probably best to go back and do them before tests). Her class is not easy, but I learned a lot.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MAT220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Tricia is a great person, but a dreadful teacher. She understands mathematics, but not how to teach it. She cannot see math from the perspective of a beginner anymore. If you want a lecture that's too fast paced to take notes, and almost entirely verbal, then go for it. Otherwise save your gpa and take someone else.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH152
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She gives quizzes every week and about 3 test the whole quarter. The quizzes are usually 3 or 4 questions so if you get one wrong you pretty much fail the quiz. The test are very difficult I would spend weeks studying homework and review sheets. But once the test comes she hits you with totally new content. Overall worst math class ever.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH142
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. If you have to take math, PLEASE CHOOSE ANOTHER PROFESSOR. She teaches one chapter per day. Homework is not needed for this class. get A with 90% and up, take homework from worksheets for the quiz. tests are hard. Teaching really fast. Bozth is the best choice for students who want to take Math in SCC.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH152
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Tricia gets mixed reviews but she's truly a great teacher & WILL make you better at Math. At the Calc 2 level she isn't spoon feeding you information, she wants you to think critically using what you've learned. While this class is tough, it's completely doable if you put the work in. She's got a great personality & class is fun. Show up to class!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH163
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If you're confused and think you should ask a question, DON'T. It's a waste of your time and dignity - instead of getting half an answer and shamed, just look it up. Though she has read the textbook, she insists on not using their notation or equations - "you must use your brains". Unstructured, poor website, ineffective & horribly rude.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH220
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Tricia's goal is to train competent mathematical thinkers, not to help students sneak through prereqs easily. She's very demanding regarding attendance and homework. She's very detail oriented and clearly knows the textbook inside and out. She's also sharp as a whip and her lecture style allows a good amount of interaction while staying on topic.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Her handwriting is absolutely terrible, to the point where it will effect your education. And her teaching style is weird because she uses different letter then your used to like she uses v to mean distance rather then D and you might be used to v being velocity. She's an ok teacher, Ive had better teacher in high school

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH141
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Worst math teacher I have ever had. Worked really hard, completed 90% of the homework, attended all classes/ lectures, went to office hours for help, and still ended up with a terrible grade. Bombed all of her extremely hard exams and she really just didn't care how hard I was trying. Math is not my strong suit, but I have never gotten less than B

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: 141
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

WORST TEACHER EVER

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 098
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Expect to get nothing from this class. Her teaching style is very unprofessional and she doesn't bother to make sure everyone understands the topic before moving on to the next topic. She doesn't give partial credits in quizzestests so expect low scores there. Overall, she's just a poor teacher. She doesn't care if you're struggling.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH142
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Show up to class everyday and do homework and you will pass and actually enjoy yourself.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH141
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Really funny. If you actually do all the homework that is assigned and bring questions to class, it is very hard to get lower than an 90% on anything.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH141
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This women is obviously having problems outside of class and bringing into the classroom. Its not fair. VERY passive aggressive individual. Very keen on innuendoes towards students and is just not a very happy person. smart, just doesn't look like she enjoys teaching, plain and simple. Don't take the class. Had her for math 141

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH98
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If math is not your strong suit, I do NOT recommend her as a teacher. She moves very quickly and her teaching style is very poor. do not even think about coming into her class a week late from when classes start. You'll fail. She gives quizzes about once a week, and test twice during the quarter.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH098
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She uses a lot of funny little illustrations (and sometimes sounds) in her lectures which helps keep my attention. Always open for questions about the homework and actively helps with worksheets in class. Even though you don't get graded on homework or attendance you should do both or you won't keep up with the pace of the class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH098
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Took math 98 in the fall. She does not give multiple versions of tests, and the students are grouped in 4's so cheating is almost inevitable. She spends the entire test periods yelling at people telling them to look at their own paper instead of just writing two different tests. Overall poor experience with her and do not recomend.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She doesn't help any thing with math220. rather she will be better if she works in the lower class. she missed up a lot of students life